Hey All,

I'm back from my first time back on skis since late April. With tales of deep snow in the Poconos..I hit route 309 north out of Allentown with my ski gear at 3:00PM. Going over the Blue mountain there was only a light dusting of snow..in Tamaqua there was no snow but as I gained elevation driving north into McAdoo..the snow went from a dusting to several inches in a matter of a mile. I drove around the small town of McAdoo and shot a few pictures..there were no good hills around. Due to the heavy wet nature of the snow..I needed to find a nice steep hill...for momentum. Driving around a backroad near I-81 I spotted a great little hill..only about 30 vert but I'm guessing 20something degrees..maybe 30 degrees at the crux..lol..I made several laps and it felt so great to click into my bindings and be back on snow. My weapon of choice were my Rossi BC Scratches..I might have nicked a little pebble or two but the surface under the snow was mainly grass..O.K. here are some pictures..

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Here's some more pictures!!!!

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Nice TR, thats better than Big Boulder mid season lol

did you actually make turns or just go straight down that hill?

You can see my turns in the one picture...the hill was good for 3-4 turns..

That is some serious stoke. Did you enter your stats for today?

Nice Doug!


Next time call. I was sitting around doing nothing.

Very Nice.

Not yet...I'm not going to enter vert because it will bring down my average..lol

Nice, stoke.

First picture TR for the year, should we be expecting some on the hill at Blue?

Maybe....I need a better camera than the one I use at work for taking pictures of tombstones..

thats really awesome. the upcoming weather doesnt look so good though.

As an FYI the skiing I did was around 1500-1600 feet in elevation...Hazleton is at 1700 feet..

You da man D!!!

bump for steeze...

You lucky son of gun. Way to get out there and get some.

http://www.beachcamera.com/shop/product.as...;sku=OMST850SWS


$200, shockproof & waterproof. A newer version of the camera my girlfriend bought for me. It takes great scenery shots but just ok action shots. If you time it right it can get fast moving objects, but there is a like 1/4 second delay between pushing the button and taking the picture. I think this is on a lot of digital cameras, but I have a lot of pictures of rails that I have just jibbed taken by people who push the button too late.

Can't vouch for the company that is selling it, but I found it through http://www.pricewatch.com/cameras/water_resistant.htm and they are always a pretty good filter

I'll vouch for Beach Camera as I bought a camera through them last year.

www.bhphotovideo.com

That is dedication, you are core to the bone. I think my stoke meter just ticked up a notch. Thanks.

totally sicccccccccccck! early season shred

GSS you are core man...It looks like you were in Jim Thorpe. It was weird how there was absolutely nothing in town but as you got up the Mt. plows were pushing snow around...Good stuff.

You ass.

NICE!

Way to go GSS, I am really jealous. I hope BB or Sno will open early or off to hunter I go b/c I really NEED to ski soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can always hit up Sunday River tomorrow..free lift tickets with a costume..